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KINGSTONY GOD'DARD, 0F RICHMOND, NEW YORKl Letters .Patent No. 74,817,dated February 25, 1868.

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Be it knownv that I, KINGSTONGODDARD, of Richmond, in the county ofRichmond, and State of New York, have inventada new and improvedThin-Coupling; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which ill enable those skilled inthe art to make and use the same= reference being had to theacc'ompanyingfdratvin'gs forming part of this specification.

.This invention relates to a newand improved means for connecting thethills of vehicles to their front axles; and it has for its'object theattachment'of the Vthills in such a manner that the latter may beconnected to and detached from the axle-withthe greatest facility, andwhen attaehedwith .the horse harnessed before the vehicle, casualdetachment of thethills is rendered impossible. In the accompanyingsheet-of drawings-- i Figure lvuis a side sectional vieri' of myinvention, taken in the line :t w, iig. 2.

lFigure 2 is a plan or top view of the same. ,4

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. l

Arepresents a portion of the front' axle of a Wheeled vehicle, and Brepresents a clip, which en Compasses the same, and may be constructedin the usual or in any proper manner. C represents the thill-iron,attached to th'e rearendo'f the Athill as usual, and having at itsouterend a socket, D, formed by bending down the tliill-l iron, so as toleave a shoulder, @and bending the outer end of the iron upward parallelwith a, as shown at b,

and then bending the upper end ot' b over inward toward the axle, asshown at c, having the end c notchedyso as to receive `a projection, d,on the clip when the thill is attached thereto. Thebent end, c, lapsover the rear end of the bottom platee of the clip, as shown clearly inlig. 1, Yand holds the thill-iron up to the clip, while the notched bentend e prevents any lateral movement of the thill-ixjon; the shoulder abearing against the front end of plate e when the horse' is backed. Whenthe horse is harnessed to the vehicle, and the thills held up by thelugs ofthe harness, the thill-iron cannot become casually detached, butwhen the horse is unharnessed, and the thills let down, the thllrironsmay'ibe detached from the clip with the greatest facility. l

i Having thus described my invention, claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The bending or formingVA of the outer end of the,thill-iron, substantially as shown and described, so as to be capableof being 4fitted to the under side of the clip, in the manner as and forthe purpose set forth.

, y KINGSTON GODDARD.

Witnesses: WM. F. McNA'MAnA, ALEX. F. Roesems.

